In a final summit statement, the three leaders promised to forge a joint position on climate change and also reaffirmed the need to rejecttrade protectionism.
Under the guidelines put into effect five years ago, Congress can approve or rejecttrade deals negotiated by the president, but it cannot amend or filibuster them.
Correa's decision to offer the Manta Base to China, refusing to renew the lease to the United States while hypocritically seeking to renew preferential trade privileges under the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act, or ATPDEA, ought to make the US reject the trade agreement with Quito.